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Originally Posted by freebeard
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Most of the sand-rail buggies that I've ever seen were longitudinally-engined, relying on either the air-cooled boxer or the EA827 engine, but I've already seen at least 2 with transverse engines out of a regional derivative of the late-type Opel Ascona and a handful with motorcycle engines. Anyway, even though the electronics can eventually be placed out of harm, I'd still be quite concerned about the reliability of the transmission of a Smart under harsh environmental conditions.